Pregnancy after syngeneic uterus transplantation and spontaneous mating in the rat

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 553-558

  Wranning, Caiza A ^a   Akhi, Shamima N ^a   Diaz Garcia, Cesar ^a,b   Brnnstrm, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

fertility; pregnancy; syngeneic; transplantation; uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RAT; UTERUS TRANSPLANTATION;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79951573530     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq358     Document Type: Article

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